A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 25, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
On Feb. 24 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Feb. 22 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
In recent editions of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted (here):
On Feb. 17 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
BIS issued a seven-year, three-month denial of export privileges for a Russian national who in December was convicted in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to export controlled firearm accessories to alleged accomplices in Russia without a license from the Commerce Department, BIS said (here). In addition to the denial of Viacheslav Zhukov’s export privileges, BIS Office of Exporter Services Director Karen Nies-Vogel is also revoking all licenses issued pursuant to “the Act or Regulations in which Zhukov had an interest at the time of his conviction,” the announcement says. Nies-Vogel’s determination also prohibits any person or firm from exporting or helping to export any item subject to Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Zhukov may appeal the order with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security by March 20. The order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until March 5, 2022.
On Feb. 16 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has not proposed any sanctions on European businesses that did business with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), because despite past evidence of dealings, those companies have “moved away” from those activities, Acting OFAC Director John Smith told lawmakers during a Feb. 11 full House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. “I have not seen evidence of European actors continuing to deal with the IRGC,” Smith said. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., pressed Smith for nearly two minutes about the amount of IRGC-related sanctions, and expressed skepticism about OFAC’s efforts to find entities that do business with sanctions designees. “The Treasury Department has announced that IRGC is a huge economic monolith,” he said. “You’ve only designated seven [entities], and there are a lot more firms, [but you] can’t find a single East Asian, South Asian or European business that’s doing business with them,” Sherman said as his time expired. In written testimony (here) for the hearing, Smith said secondary (non-nuclear-related) sanctions continue to be leveled against foreign entities who transact with the IRGC.
Counterfeiting and failure by foreign governments to implement or enforce laws to counter the crimes are harming U.S. businesses, industry said in comments filed on Feb. 5 to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (here). USTR asked for industry comments to help craft its 2016 Special 301 Review of Notorious Markets. Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Ukraine, and Venezuela should be added to the watch list; and China, Honduras, Philippines, Russia, and Turkey should be added to the priority watch list, the American Apparel and Footwear Association said in its comments (here).
On Feb. 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: